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There’s a lot to buy at the start of the school year: "back to school" clothes, composition notebooks, backpacks, number-two pencils. It can be a headache if you are a parent who’s short on cash, but at least you are not $122 million short.
That’s the case for the Oakland Unified School District....
Inside the Schools
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan just announced the recipients of the second round of President Obama's Race to the Top competition, and California did not make the cut. The District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,...
I took my first-ever standardized test in 3rd grade; it was the ERBs – the Educational Records Bureau test. It was pretty exciting - but scary - since the teachers made a big deal about the tests before hand. The teachers were required to read out a little passage, spelling out the guidelines for...
The East Bay city of Fremont is home to the largest Afghan population in the US in what is called the “Little Kabul” neighborhood in Central Fremont. The city was made famous by Khaled Husseini’s award-winning novel and later film, “The Kite Runner,” which was partly filmed there.
This fall, there...
California’s public school system has finally found itself at the top of a list. According to a new report, its academic standards are the highest in the country. But in less than two weeks, California’s State Board of Education will vote on whether or not to swap them out for new national...
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